Above Quote by Buddy Hackett

I tell the stories in front of audiences and wait for something to happen. It's similar to a standup comic doing his schtick for…

— Robert Munsch

In order to be the best comic, you have to perform in a wide diversity of rooms.

— Ali Wong

A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to me, I…

— Stephan Pastis

A stand-up comedian faces the audiences and gets their immediate feedback. I hide behind the comic strip, and unless people write to me, I…

— Stephan Pastis

Of all the awards, the Stand-up Comic Audience Award is our favorite. It is a chance to honor the performers who spend much of…

— George Schlatter

I'm not as much a fan of the venues as I am the comics who inhabit them. I don't care if it's a bomb…

— Ari Shaffir

If the show is going really well and the comedian is still annoyed with the audience, chances are he's a Boston comic. That's the…

— Jim Norton

Good comics gravitate to each other; you know who's your type of person by watching them onstage, hopefully.

— B. J. Novak

What can I say? I was there at the right place and with the right people. My theatre background helped a lot in shaping…

— Sowcar Janaki

There's one theory that the funnier a comic is in his act, the more mind-numbingly boring he'll be when he's not holding a microphone.

— Nick Kroll

I am not a big fan of very prepared standup. I like when Dave Attell writes and I appreciate it but I much more…

— Bert Kreischer

A comic's like anybody else - he does what he does to support himself and feed his family. But if a comic says the…

— Charlie Murphy